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About the Author

Rick Riordan is the author of the first five books in the New York Timesbest-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Titan's Curse;The Battle of the Labyrinth; and The Last Olympian. His previous novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series, winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons.

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The main characters of Percy Jackson the Lighting Thief are Percy, Grover, Annabeth. Percy is a creditable person because he is ready to take any challenge that comes his way. Percy is trying to return the master bolt to Zeus so there is no conflict among the gods like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades. The main characters were helping Percy return the master bolt to Zeus and help Grover get his searcher license to try to find Pan, a centaur god. Annabeth goes on her first quest from here on they run into problems like they had to fight off medusa, Wolves, an old lady Ares and Luke and another monsters.

My favorite character is Percy because he was developed a strong character after he lost his mother. Grover, Annabeth, and the other characters faced and beat Medusa but could not defeat an old fat lady that had the Chihuahua that turned into a beast that almost killed Percy. At the end he had to face the god of war, Ares almost killed Percy with a sword that look like shotgun. Percy won the battle which made him a really strong character.

I can relate to Percy, as I had to leave my old friends when I started a new school. I lost important friends like how Percy lost his mother to Hades. I really like the book for being things that I like fighting, a little of drama, and adventure which make the book really great and fun to read. My favorite part of the book is when they chopped off Medusa’s head and sent it to the gods., I would recommend this book since it so great to read it has things that people can relate to in book. This book is great for someone that likes fighting, drama, magic, adventure, and etc.

I totally found myself enjoying this book. This was so much of a blast of a book to read. As I was reading this book, I remember what it was like to be a kid again. This book really made me feel like I was reading for fun again. Percy Jackson and his friends really were just like any other kids, but have all these weird and crazy things happen to them because being kids of Gods, nothing is ever simple.

Percy Jackson doesn’t seem to be having a good day or even a good week when we first meet him. He seems like a kid who has been hallucinating. Only problem is that Percy is not imagining or hallucinating the things he sees. Percy doesn’t realize that what he is seeing is real. This was really well done and well played. He thinks that he is going crazy. I would too if I saw the things that he saw in the book.

Plus he has to deal with his mother, and Grover telling him some pretty crazy things about him being the child of a god. He also finds that Grover is a satyr and has to bring him to a place that houses half-bloods like himself. Nothing is ever easy because every mythological creature is after him and he doesn’t understand why. I thought that the first few chapters were very action packed. Percy and Grover definitely seem to have an adventure with a minotaur and all the craziness indeed. Percy doesn’t really know what to do, but he manages to defeat him. Him and Grover somehow manage to make it to Camp Half Blood.

At Camp Half-Blood, Percy discovers a whole lot of things about who he is related to and not in a good way through a lot of different actions. Plus there a lot of children who are like him, Half-Bloods, Half-God, half-humans. I thought that the other children were interesting and our great. I totally find that Annabeth was a lot of fun (plus she is a NY Yankees fan, so I like her immediately). He finds out through an accident that he is the son of Poseidon. So of course things get more interesting.

Percy gets accused of doing something that he didn’t know. This leads to a crazy quest of course for him. I totally find how fun the quest was for Percy and his friends. The other Gods seem determined not to help him or setting him up for their own nefarious purposes. Some of the Gods want Percy to fail or die. He has decided to take on a hero’s journey which is never easy. I totally love the quest and all the crazy things that he has to experience along with his friends. The aspect of the mythology was great. Plus the use of the God’s themselves was something that I didn’t expect.

Also everyone learns a little bit more about themselves in the process of the quest. I really enjoyed the friendship and the action packed nature of the book. Also the mythology and the mythological monsters were great. I thought that this was so much fun. Plus Percy is a character that I really found to be interesting, real, plus he is thrust into a world where he has to be brave, despite his fears. Plus he meets his challenges in a way that you never expect.

Nowadays it's hard to find a book, let alone a series that I like. Percy Jackson piked my interest, as my friends have been telling me I should go through and read it. I soon gave in, as it had greek mythology in it, and I love greek mythology. Percy Jackson had an interesting plot and it hooked me from the start. As I continued to read on I began to laugh and smile and yell at the book whenever things took a twist. A quality that few books get from me. I recommend this for greek mythology lovers, people who love books, or even Hunger Games lovers. Honestly, if you're still reading this review, what are you doing?! Get to reading!

While this book is intended for a younger set, I, an older set, still enjoyed the adventures of the accused lightning thief, Percy Jackson. This tale was interesting, convoluted and moved along at an enjoyable pace. One learns quite a bit about the Greek and Roman Gods as the pages are perused and you try to puzzle out how he is going to get out of the predicament he currently was in only to end up in one after another. It was a nice read.